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Passports |
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Passport Forms
Requirements
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Completed
Application. Departure date and Social Security number must be included. |
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Proof of
American Citizenship
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Birth
Certificate: an original birth certificate, or a certified copy of your original birth
certificate with a raised seal. PLEASE NOTE: a hospital certificate or baptismal
certificate WILL NOT be accepted.
As
a result of a joint U.S. Dept. of State and U.S. Dept. of Justice investigation Hudson County Clerk's
Office of Vital Statistics and Jersey City issued birth certificates are no longer
acceptable. A NJ State issued Birth Certificate is required for
application of a passport. For a State issued
replacement of a Hudson County Clerk and Jersey City issued birth certificate go to this
link:
NJ
State Vital Statistics
Please
note: All other Hudson County town issued birth certificates are acceptable. |
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Previous
Passport |
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Naturalization
Certificate: ORIGINAL ONLY. You will get a receipt for your certificate and will get it
back with your passport. |
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Identification: |
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Driver's
License: if you are over 17 (under 17 will use parent's license.) |
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If you do
not have a driver's license:
you must have 3 (three) forms of ID one of which must contain your signature such as:
school/college ID, business/industrial ID, voter registration, credit cards. |
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Photographs: |
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Two (2)
identical photos - 2" x 2" - color preferred. They MUST be with a white or
off-white background. Photos are taken here at the passport office for $10.00. |
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Processing Time
and Fees
Adult (16
& older):
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REGULAR
- $110.00 check made payable to US Department of State and a separate processing fee
of $25.00 payable in cash. Customer will receive their passport within 6-8 weeks. |
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EXPEDITE
- $184.96 check made payable to US Department of State and a separate processing & fee of $39.96 payable in cash. Customer will
receive their passport within approximately 3 weeks. |
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Child (15
& under):
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REGULAR
- $80.00 check made payable to US Department of State and a separate processing fee of
$25.00 payable in cash. Customer will receive their passport within 6-8 weeks. |
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EXPEDITE
- $154.96 check made payable to US Department of State and a separate processing &
fee of $39.96 payable in cash. Customer will receive their passport within approximately
3 weeks.
For Adults
& Children: |
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COURIER
SERVICE - We
offer a messenger service to Philadelphia for emergency passports, if you are traveling in
less than 7 days and already have your travel ticket.
The total cost is $300.00, in cash, per person, including the passport
photos. Because we are limited to the number
of passport applications we are able to send, this service must be offered on a first come
first serve basis. For more information on this or any of our other services, please
call (201) 336-7000.
Additional
Visa Pages $82.00 |
NATIONAL PASSPORT INFORMATION
CENTER (NPIC)
EXPANDED SERVICE
As
of August 19, 2003, the National Passport Information Center (NPIC), the Department's
single, centralized public contact center for U.S. passport information, will move from
1-900 fee-for-service to toll-free service. This
change is the result of a new contract with AT&T that will greatly expand the public's
access to passport information. The new,
general telephone number will be 1-877-4USA-PPT (1-877-487-2778). For TDD/ TTY users, the number will be
1-888-874-7793. With this change, live
operator service will also be expanded. Live
operators will be available on weekdays from 8:00am to 8:00pm, Eastern Time. Twenty-four hour, 7-day access to automated
information will continue to be available.
Another
significant improvement will be the addition of e-mail access to the National Passport Information
Center at npic@state.gov. A response will be sent to e-mail inquiries within 24-hours
during normal business days. This service
expansion compliments the vast amount of passport and other international travel
information readily available on the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs
website, http://travel.state.gov.
Philadelphia
Passport Agency
U.S. Custom
House
200 Chestnut Street - Room 103
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2970
PUBLIC
HOURS:
9AM
to 4PM
DIRECTIONS:
NJ
Turnpike to Camden: Exit 4
Follow signs to Ben Franklin Bridge
Go over the bridge (all traffic goes right into 6th St.)
Stay to the left
Go to the 4th traffic light (Chestnut St.)
Left onto Chestnut St. - Continue to 2nd St.
The Customs House is 200 Chestnut St.
Norwalk, CT Passport Agency
50
West Washington St., South Norwalk, CT
New York
Passport Agency
376
Hudson St., NY 10014 (Accessible at W 4th St. Station on the E, F, B, D, Q, C & A
trains and at the Houston St. Station on the 1 and 9 lines.
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*ATTENTION**
The
Philadelphia, New York, and Norwalk, CT Offices no longer offer "Walk-In" same
day service for new or renewal passports You must make an appointment in advance
(using a touch tone phone) 24 hours a day by calling: 1-877-487-2778, for any of those
offices. You must be traveling within 14 calendar days and have proof of departure
date (tickets or itinerary).
If
you need same day service, you MUST call before 10AM.
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U.S. PASSPORT CARD APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED BEGINNING FEBRUARY
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U.S.
citizens may begin applying in advance for the new U.S. Passport Card beginning February
1, 2008, in anticipation of land border travel document requirements. We expect
cards will be available and mailed to applicants in spring 2008.
The
passport card will facilitate entry and expedite document processing at U.S. land and sea
ports-of-entry when arriving from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The card may not
be used to travel by air. It will otherwise carry the
rights and privileges of the U.S. passport book and will be adjudicated to the exact same
standards.
The
Department of State is issuing this passport card in response to the needs of border
resident communities for a less expensive and more portable alternative to the traditional
passport book. The card will have the same validity period as a passport book: 10
years for an adult, five for children 15 and younger. For adults who already have a
passport book, they may apply for the card as a passport renewal and pay only $20.
First-time applicants will pay $45 for adult cards and $35 for children.
US Department of
State: Passport Card
*Special
Notice Regarding Passport Issuance to Children*
Effective
immediately, the Federal Government is requiring that all applicants, including infants
and children of all ages and adults who are not eligible to renew their passports by mail,
must appear in person, whether you are applying for a new or renewal passport. In
effect since July 2, 2001, passport issuance for children age 15 and younger will require
either the presence of both parents or written documentation from the parent who cannot
appear in person giving his/her consent for the issuance of the child's passport.
This statement must contain the child's full name, date of birth, place of birth and give
authorization to the applying parent to apply for the child's passport in his/her absence.
This statement must be NOTARIZED and you will need a separate statement for each
child. Passport form DS-3053 (Statement of Consent) may be used in place of the
written statement and must also be NOTARIZED. You can find this form on the Federal
Web-site: http://travel.state.gov
Additionally,
birth certificates showing the names of both parents must be presented for all children
age 15 and younger even when there was a previous passport issued. (Public Law 106-113,
Section 236)
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